Kiwis At War - 1939-40

This 1939-40 & Earlier edition of KIWIS AT WAR is the first in a planned series, to conclude with 1945-46 & LATER.

When these insights into the various aspects of global warfare were penned, the participants had no idea of their fate or that of the free world. Outwardly, they exuded confidence. Inwardly, many wrote with tongue placed firmly in cheek.

In those early days of conflict, stemming the Nazi tide was the priority, first and foremost. Any thoughts of Victory were but occasional, far-off dreams...

"When New Zealanders were shipped halfway round the world they were ordinary young men from offices, shops, farms and factories neither better nor worse than generations before or since. What happened to them might be of interest to those born since or elsewhere" - this extract from a Note to Ray Grover's splendid Great War epic, "March to the Sound of Guns", remains valid 20 years later, where young men and women from all branches of the Services, together with selected others, pick up their pens and write about action AS IT HAPPENS - or very soon after.